Disney! be careful!!!
So I`m sure most have heard this by now but a child was attacked and killed by an alligator at Disney, Gator attack. Please be careful around water and swampy areas. I never for a minute would hav...
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Richert wrote:
If there is any lake, river, or pond in the state of Florida it absolutely will have an alligator living in it! It is estimated to be a little over 1 million gators living just in Florida, they are everywhere! Don't go in the water! We need to warn everyone about this. So Sorry for the loss to this family.
What hogwash. Yes there will be a gator in any natural body of water in the state. But millions of Floridians and visitors swim without fear in those waters. I personally have been swimming in Florida lakes, rivers and ponds for 50 years and yet to see a gator bother anyone. Indeed it is quite rare to even see a gator during the day. Gator attacks are very rare and you are much more likely to be injured driving to the swimming area than you are to be injured by a gator.
The exceptions, do not go swimming at night and this applies to swimming in saltwater since that is the time when you are more likely to be attacked by sharks. And the second exception, do not swim where gators are being fed by idiots. That reduces their fear of humans.
